Are coder/IT volunteers needed in places coder/IT “types” don't know about?

Re:Are coder/IT volunteers needed in places coder/IT “types”... by joelhumphrey on Monday March 16, 2015 @04:08AM (#9210345)

The realm of fixing broken websites and unfinished web apps is wide open. Often, nonprofits with such projects have had a discouraging experience with web development in the past. Even though they need their project fixed/finished, they don't talk about it unless prompted.

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Re:Are coder/IT volunteers needed in places coder/IT “types”... by bbcbasic on Monday March 16, 2015 @11:16PM (#9216080)

I helped fix a few problems on a charity site and forum a few years ago.

It was a serious WTF of hacked together PHP, gazillions of files with hundreds of lines of similar code and it was hard to figure out what was getting executed and what wasn't.

Needed a serious makeover but that would require a lot of dedication.

I can imagine there are a tonne of such sites out there waiting for a professional to fix. I don't just mean coding but the whole thing - consult, design, coding, change management, SEO, etc.

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Re:Are coder/IT volunteers needed in places coder/IT “types”... by irascible on Monday March 16, 2015 @06:03AM (#9210613)

Meta: make a site where people can vote on sites that need/deserve to be fixed up.. approach the top sites and offer to help them.

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